EP 1780022 A1 20070502 - Inkjet recording apparatus
Title (en)
Inkjet recording apparatus
Title (de)
Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsgerät
Title (fr)
Appareil d'enregistrement à jet d'encre
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 2005316649 A 20051031
Abstract (en)
To provide a method of effectively reducing the amount of ink droplets remaining on a nozzle surface (21) after a cleaning operation, and an inkjet recording apparatus capable of shortening an entire processing time of an initial filling operation and a cleaning operation by shortening an ink discharge operation time. By providing a partition wall (44) so that a suction port (42) and an atmosphere opening port (43) provided on a back side of a porous sheet (41) placed in a cap (45) are not directly communicated with each other, in an ink discharge operation in the cap, air having entered through the atmosphere opening port flows through a space between the porous sheet and the nozzle surface, and thereafter, flows to the suction port via the porous sheet. Therefore, ink droplets remaining adhering to the nozzle surface can be removed using the force of air flow.
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41J 2/16508 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (applicant)
Citation (search report)
- [XA] EP 1074388 A1 20010207 - SEIKO EPSON CORP [JP]
- [A] EP 1000748 A1 20000517 - CANON KK [JP]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1780022 A1 20070502; JP 2007118508 A 20070517; US 2007097170 A1 20070503; US 8152266 B2 20120410
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 06255583 A 20061030; JP 2005316649 A 20051031; US 58618606 A 20061025